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What’s happening with Antioch’s Alumni, Faculty, and Staff

  • Anna K. Scotti ‘06 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA)

    Anna K. Scotti ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA) won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Grade 7-12 for her novella, Big and Bad, along with Beth Kephart’s Cloud Hopper.

  • John Charles Reedburg ‘17

    John Charles Reedburg’s ‘17 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel, Cracks of Light, won the 2021 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal in the Fiction/Urban genre.

  • Susan Vespoli ‘10

    Susan Vespoli ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The New Verse News for her poem, “Thinking About Love During Covid and Coups.” 

  • Shonda Buchanan ‘10

    Shonda Buchanan ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was chosen as a City of Los Angeles Master Artist by the Department of Cultural Affairs and was chosen as a USC Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities Fellow. As Vice President of Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center’s Board of Trustees, she also helped create the Amanda Gorman Future…

  • Leonora Simonovis ‘20

    Leonora Simonovis ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA) was interviewed by 5280.

  • Lily Dulan ‘03, ‘06

    Lily Dulan ‘03, ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing and MA in Clinical Psychology) was featured in PsychCentral’s podcast, Inside Mental Health. In the Giving Grief Meaning After a Loss episode, Dulan shares her experience of losing a child to SIDS and her heart-centered system, The Name Work; a method of healing and moving…

  • Melissa Chadburn ‘09

    Melissa Chadburn’s ‘09 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel, A Tiny Upward Shove, will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2022 and is available for preorder.

  • Chris Shorne ‘16

    Chris Shorne ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA) has his essay “Your Grandpa’s Gender Identity: An Open Letter to My Brother’s Child,” appear in After Happy Hour Review.

  • Kim Langmaid ‘09

    Kim Langmaid ‘09 (New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) was named Mayor of the town of Vail, Colorado and will serve a two-year term. She was unanimously elected by her colleagues following a swearing-in ceremony on December 7th, 2021. Langmaid served two terms for the Town Council in 2015 and in 2017, and served as…

  • Brad Kessler

    MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Brad Kessler’s novel, North: A Novel, was published on October 5th from The Overlook Press. 

  • Marco Wilkinson

    MFA Faculty Marco Wilkinson’s memoir, Madder, was published by Coffee House Press.

  • Jacqueline Swett ‘08

    Jacqueline Swett ‘08 (New England, MA in Dance/Movement Therapy) has opened a private practice in Fryeburg, Maine. A licensed clinical professional counselor, she works with clients to address issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma and major life transitions, using cognitive behavioral therapy skills coupled with movement approaches that can help with mind/body healing. She is…